Nottingham, New Jersey
Nottingham, New Jersey | ||
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Township Hamilton | | |
| Elevation | 92 ft (28 m) | |
| GNIS feature ID | 878895[1] | |
Nottingham is an
Nottingham is in the Mercerville-Hamilton Square area. Settled earlier, Nottingham is the original settlement in the former Nottingham Township (1688-1856). The neighboring unincorporated community of Sandtown was renamed Mercerville after the Battle of Princeton. Most or all of Nottingham was renamed Hamilton Square after Alexander Hamilton in a wave of anti-British sentiment at the time of the War of 1812.[3] But local people still call the community Nottingham, because a large minority did not agree with the name change, and the center of Hamilton Square was a different neighborhood. Nottingham has maintained its sense of neighborhood because of continuity with street names and social events.
References
- ^ a b "Nottingham". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Google (January 9, 2015). "Nottingham, New Jersey" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
- ^ History of Hamilton Township, Hamilton Township Historical Society, 1999.
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